Bankhead, John Hollis, 1872-1946

LC control no.	n 90724877
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bankhead, John Hollis, 1872-1946 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bankhead, J. H. (John Hollis), 1872-1946 Bankhead, Mr. (John Hollis), 1872-1946
Birth date	1872-07-08
Death date	1946-06-12
Place of birth	Lamar County (Ala.)
Place of death	Bethesda (Md.)
Affiliation	University of Alabama University of Alabama University of Alabama Georgetown University. Law Department Alabama. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers College trustees
Found in	NUCMC data from Birmingham Public Library for Ramsay, E. Papers, 1886-1953 (J.H. Bankhead; correspondent) WwWA, 1943-1950 (Bankhead, John Hollis; U.S. Senator from Ala.; b. July 8, 1872; d. June 12, 1946) Cooperative agricultural extension work, 1937: p. 1 (Mr. Bankhead, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Sept. 22, 2009 (Bankhead, John Hollis II (son of John Hollis Bankhead); a Senator from Ala.; b. July 8, 1872; served in U.S. Senate, 1931-1946; d. June 12, 1946) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. website, September 21, 2016 (Bankhead, John Hollis II, (son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of William Brockman Bankhead, and father of Walter Will Bankhead), a Senator from Alabama; born on a farm near Old Moscow, Lamar County, Ala., July 8, 1872; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1891 and from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1893; admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Jasper, Ala.; served in the Alabama National Guard with rank of major 1901-1903; member of the State house of representatives 1904-1905; president of the Bankhead Coal Co. 1911-1925; trustee of the University of Alabama 1917-1919 and 1931-1946; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1930; reelected in 1936 and 1942 and served from March 4, 1931, until his death in the United States Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., on June 12, 1946; chairman, Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-ninth Congresses); interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.)